THE CULT OF KINGSHIP IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND (Used)

by Chaney, William A

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Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket

Book ID: 3165, 3165

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Manchester UP & Sandpiper Books Ltd. 1999 (1974) cloth in dj, 276pp, sewn signatures, alkaline paper, vf condition. Fans of Margaret MurrayŐs 'The Divine King in England' (1956) will find this to be a must. The authorŐs focus is to unearth all possible traces of pagan cosmology and practice in English royal ritual and culture. In so doing William Chaney digs deep into many manuscript sources that were unavailable till now. The material on paganism at this time is invaluable as are the chapters on Germanish cults of the divine and the Woden-Sprung, the whole work written in a fine, authoritative style.

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